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The fifth season premiere of “The Walking Dead” on Sunday shatters all cable records with 17.3 million viewers. The episode “No Sanctuary” featured “lots of red meat and explosions galore” and even defeated NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” among the key demographic of adults 18-49. The record broken was also set by the same AMC drama when it premiered last season with 16.1 million viewers. This season starsAndrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Danai Gurira, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Michael Cudlitz, and Melissa McBride. Deadline

Oscar winner Alex Gibney debuts his latest documentary “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown” October 27 on HBO. He was given exclusive access to the Brown estate and archives for his film about the “hardest working man in show business.” The program focuses on the life of James Brown through 1974, including iconic performances and civil rights action. It does not feature any of his troubles from the 1980s with drugs or the police. Thompson on Hollywood

Oscar-winning actress Penelope Cruz is proclaimed the 2014 “Sexiest Woman Alive.” She follows recent ladies such as Scarlett Johansson (2013), Mila Kunis (2012), and Rihanna (2011). A full interview and photo gallery says she is “impossibly beautiful” and that “when she walks into a room, men start walking into furniture.” Esquire